At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.
Let's not let this dog's death be just another forgotten statistic, let it be a beginning.
The cats don't always understand the human specifics, but they recognise sadness. They notice routines. And most of all, they stay
Politicians descended upon the hospitals in droves. And no, they did not come alone. They brought their entourages and photographers, hungry for headlines and votes.
The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance
If your idea of resisting state failure is to equate “femininity” with cowardice, you are not challenging injustice. You are reinforcing it.
A gang rape accused has no fear of consequences because of his political affiliation.
'Biggest threat to animal welfare in Bangladesh are overenthusiastic activists'
Often we stumble, and we look around for what can pick us back up. We look for family, for friends, we look for rewards, awards and achievements.
Madhavi Mudgal is a renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher who has been contributing to the progression of classical Odissi dance with her aesthetic vision and talent.
We had to fly to Kolkata at dawn, so early that most of us arrived at the airport with eyes half-shut. By the time we reached, had lunch and settled into our hotel rooms, it was already late afternoon.
We arrived at Ahmedabad in a rush. But the rush was that of excitement and anxiety. We were in Gujrat, the land of colours, traditions and Garba! The fifth day of the 100 Member Delegation trip from Bangladesh to India had already begun, and we were ready for whatever was to come.
There we were sitting inside this enormous hall room, after being escorted inside the Presidential House- the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in Delhi, India.
We usually tend to go a little overboard with our resolutions. “I'll lose 50 Kilograms this year!' says someone finishing off a whole plate of pie, or something of the sort. All you have to do is try and do something that you haven't been able to do last year. As long as you treat every year like a chance to be better than the last, you're good to go. Here are five realistic resolutions you can keep for 2017.
A man of a quiet and humbling nature, Pandit Yogesh Samsi is one of the few tabla players whose status and reputation have been built on his precise and perfected artistic ability, as both an accompanist and a soloist.
My roommate, Sarzina, Radio Jockey, Radio Foorti, and I woke up in the early hours, still in a daze. Breakfast was always served by 7 AM, with only half an hour in hand before the bus would be ready to leave.
It began with apprehension, to be honest- a hundred people, of a hundred kinds, from a hundred places. I was never much of
It's that time of year again, where you can walk down the streets and smell freedom in the air.
